GORE™ SKYFLEX™ Aerospace Materials for Installation & Maintenance

Gore’s tapes and gaskets solve many sealing and surface protection challenges and are often used as an alternative to Form-in-Place (FIP) wet seals. Our dry sealants simplify aircraft assembly because they’re easier and faster to install with no mess or downtime.

Overview

It’s essential to stay on schedule and within budget to get an aircraft into operation quickly — whether new aircraft are in production or existing aircraft are in critical heavy maintenance checks.

Traditional two-component materials, like polysulfide FIP wet seals are used in the industry for sealing aircraft structures. But the process involves extra steps to prepare and mix materials, apply materials within a short window, fit and re-assemble panels, remove squeeze out, wait up to an entire day to cure, and handle and remove hazardous waste. The impact can be substantial with time-consuming and labor-intensive steps that make it difficult to meet production targets, maintenance schedules and stay on budget.

What if you could speed up the process to install sealants without any mess and get the aircraft into operation quicker?

EASIER INSTALLATION IN LESS TIME

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are dry tapes and gaskets that are considerably easier and faster to install on aircraft structures than messy FIP wet seals. Our single-component materials eliminate process steps because there’s no mixing and masking, no curing, no re-assembling panels, no cleanup after installation, and no special handling and hazardous waste disposal. With fewer process steps that take less time using our materials, you can get aircraft into operation quicker.

Applications & Guides

Proven by more than 20 years of successful applications, GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are specified by leading commercial, military, and fixed/rotary wing aircraft OEMs. They’re engineered to perform reliably in a wide range of applications, including:

access panels

anchor nut gaskets

antenna gasket fastener seals

cargo floorboards/structure

dry-bay gaskets

engine cowlings

external fuel tanks

fairings

fuel bladder cavities

fuel panels

helicopter tail booms

lamp seals

leading edge D-noses

light assembly seals

passenger floorboards

pitot tubes

windshields / windows

Our materials are specified for use on many commercial and military aircraft.

Installation Instructions & Videos

Installation is easy and fast using GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials. Our tapes and gaskets are reusable and compliant over multiple open/close cycles, which means you can easily remove aircraft panels during inspection without having to replace or re-work our materials.

Download step-by-step instructions or watch instructional videos based on our best practices for installing, removing or repairing our tapes and gaskets.

Recent News

Come by Booth 28 at this year’s PNAA conference to learn about the benefits of GORE™ SKYFLEX™ Aerospace Materials. We offer a variety of lightweight, flexible, and non-curing tapes and gaskets that are proven to increase production efficiency on many aircraft applications.

Gore will be featuring their selection of advanced technical solutions for military and defense applications at the 2018 Cribbins and Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) Symposiums in Huntsville, Alabama on November 13-16, Booth 103.